Garp
@garpswelt.bsky.social
Travel, photography, music and elephants
Ich habe Hunger, habe aber auch nur noch 40 Seiten in meinem Buch zu lesen.
November 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Ich habe Hunger, habe aber auch nur noch 40 Seiten in meinem Buch zu lesen.
„By one count, 177 African ethnic groups were arbitrarily split into discrete countries by colonial borders. Another count puts it at 230.”
The African Union’s predecessor accepted colonial borders, despite their injustices and contradictions. Many Africans never embraced that bargain and the faultline continues to shape politics, including in Lesotho today.
Lesotho and the broken borders of empire
The African Union’s predecessor accepted colonial borders, despite their injustices and contradictions. Many Africans never embraced that bargain and the faultline continues to shape politics.
continent.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
„By one count, 177 African ethnic groups were arbitrarily split into discrete countries by colonial borders. Another count puts it at 230.”
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For #GivingTuesday, join MEP to connect the dots for conservation and, thanks to several generous members of our herd, your donation is doubled through Dec 2. Protect elephants, connect open spaces and promote coexistence.
buff.ly/QC18SX1
buff.ly/QC18SX1
November 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
For #GivingTuesday, join MEP to connect the dots for conservation and, thanks to several generous members of our herd, your donation is doubled through Dec 2. Protect elephants, connect open spaces and promote coexistence.
buff.ly/QC18SX1
buff.ly/QC18SX1
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African forests are now emitting more carbon dioxide than they absorb, a fundamental shift that will make it more difficult for the world to cut its net emissions to zero.
Africa’s forests are now emitting more CO2 than they absorb
Logging and mining are destroying swathes of the Congo rainforest, with the result that African forests went from being a carbon sink to a carbon source in 2010 to 2017
www.newscientist.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:21 AM
African forests are now emitting more carbon dioxide than they absorb, a fundamental shift that will make it more difficult for the world to cut its net emissions to zero.
Guten Morgen.
(Andasibe-Mantadia Nationalpark, Madagaskar/November 2025)
(Andasibe-Mantadia Nationalpark, Madagaskar/November 2025)
November 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Guten Morgen.
(Andasibe-Mantadia Nationalpark, Madagaskar/November 2025)
(Andasibe-Mantadia Nationalpark, Madagaskar/November 2025)
Zum Ende des Jahres gehen mir immer die Mittelfinger aus.
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Zum Ende des Jahres gehen mir immer die Mittelfinger aus.
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If the current pace of coups continues, analysts warn that by 2030 at least 12 African countries could be under direct military control. With the 26 November putsch in Guinea-Bissau, seven nations are already ruled by juntas.
November 28, 2025 at 11:33 AM
If the current pace of coups continues, analysts warn that by 2030 at least 12 African countries could be under direct military control. With the 26 November putsch in Guinea-Bissau, seven nations are already ruled by juntas.
„According to the Forest Department, there are now about 64 wild elephants in the reserve forests in Ukhiya and Teknaf [...] Community volunteers often risk their lives in returning the wild elephants to the forests, but they do so to protect the country’s last wild mammoths.“
When wild elephant herds descend from the hills in search of food, Sona Miahm and his team step in. He leads a 14-member elephant response team in the Inani forest range, in Cox’s Bazar, one of the last natural elephant habitats in Bangladesh www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/comm...
Community Volunteers Working to Safeguard Bangladesh’s Last Wild Elephants
When elephant herds come down from the hills in search of food, Sona Miah, and other volunteers, work to mitigate human-elephant conflict.
www.ipsnews.net
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
„According to the Forest Department, there are now about 64 wild elephants in the reserve forests in Ukhiya and Teknaf [...] Community volunteers often risk their lives in returning the wild elephants to the forests, but they do so to protect the country’s last wild mammoths.“
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Das Live-Comeback von Xavier Naidoo steht bald an. Corona-Leugner, Reichsbürger-Versteher, Hooligan-Kuschler ... was hat er uns eigentlich alles angetan & da ist nicht mal der Horrorschlager "Dieser Weg" mit eingepreist. Den kompletten Schrecken findet ihr hier:
www.musikexpress.de/das-live-com...
www.musikexpress.de/das-live-com...
Ein kleines bisschen Horrorshow: Das Live-Comeback von Xavier Naidoo - Musikexpress
Im Dezember entsteigt der gefallene Reichsbürger-Versteher, Corona-Leugner und Hooligan-Kuschler Xavier Naidoo der Gruft und betritt wieder große Bühnen. Linus Volkmann huldigt einem schlimmen deutsch...
www.musikexpress.de
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Das Live-Comeback von Xavier Naidoo steht bald an. Corona-Leugner, Reichsbürger-Versteher, Hooligan-Kuschler ... was hat er uns eigentlich alles angetan & da ist nicht mal der Horrorschlager "Dieser Weg" mit eingepreist. Den kompletten Schrecken findet ihr hier:
www.musikexpress.de/das-live-com...
www.musikexpress.de/das-live-com...
Guten Morgen.
(Te Anau/Neuseeland, Februar 2023)
(Te Anau/Neuseeland, Februar 2023)
November 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Guten Morgen.
(Te Anau/Neuseeland, Februar 2023)
(Te Anau/Neuseeland, Februar 2023)
„ESA will deutschen Astronauten zum Mond schicken.”
Mir würden da einige Kandidaten einfallen.
Mir würden da einige Kandidaten einfallen.
November 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
„ESA will deutschen Astronauten zum Mond schicken.”
Mir würden da einige Kandidaten einfallen.
Mir würden da einige Kandidaten einfallen.
Guten Morgen.
(Chobe Nationalpark, Botswana/Mai 2023) 🪶
(Chobe Nationalpark, Botswana/Mai 2023) 🪶
November 27, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Guten Morgen.
(Chobe Nationalpark, Botswana/Mai 2023) 🪶
(Chobe Nationalpark, Botswana/Mai 2023) 🪶
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In den letzten Jahren beginnen wir zu verstehen, wie gefährlich PFAS für Mensch und Natur sind.
In den USA sollen jetzt weitere für den Einsatz in Pestiziden erlaubt werden. D.h.: Ernährungsrelevant
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In den USA sollen jetzt weitere für den Einsatz in Pestiziden erlaubt werden. D.h.: Ernährungsrelevant
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient
Critics say that fifth Pfas Trump’s EPA has proposed for approval this year would put food and water supply at risk
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
In den letzten Jahren beginnen wir zu verstehen, wie gefährlich PFAS für Mensch und Natur sind.
In den USA sollen jetzt weitere für den Einsatz in Pestiziden erlaubt werden. D.h.: Ernährungsrelevant
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In den USA sollen jetzt weitere für den Einsatz in Pestiziden erlaubt werden. D.h.: Ernährungsrelevant
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Buch 24/18 2025
„Greetings, Mother— I do not have much time. This change (this wondrous, wondrous change) is at this very moment upon me.”
Kelly Barnhill - When women were dragons
#buchbeginn
„Greetings, Mother— I do not have much time. This change (this wondrous, wondrous change) is at this very moment upon me.”
Kelly Barnhill - When women were dragons
#buchbeginn
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Buch 24/18 2025
„Greetings, Mother— I do not have much time. This change (this wondrous, wondrous change) is at this very moment upon me.”
Kelly Barnhill - When women were dragons
#buchbeginn
„Greetings, Mother— I do not have much time. This change (this wondrous, wondrous change) is at this very moment upon me.”
Kelly Barnhill - When women were dragons
#buchbeginn
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Ich hatte für heute Abend ohnehin Rossmann auf dem Einkaufszettel, jetzt noch lieber.
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Ich hatte für heute Abend ohnehin Rossmann auf dem Einkaufszettel, jetzt noch lieber.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Bitte vergesst nicht, bei dem Wetter eine Schale Graubrot für Friedrich Merz rauszustellen.
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Bitte vergesst nicht, bei dem Wetter eine Schale Graubrot für Friedrich Merz rauszustellen.
@mitesszett.bsky.social Alles Liebe zum Geburtstag!
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
@mitesszett.bsky.social Alles Liebe zum Geburtstag!
Guten Morgen.
(Wien, Österreich/August 2025)
(Wien, Österreich/August 2025)
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Guten Morgen.
(Wien, Österreich/August 2025)
(Wien, Österreich/August 2025)
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Rechtspolitischer Offenbarungseid. Ungeachtet der zum Zerreißen gespannten Personallage kein Investitionsschwerpunkt im Doppelhaushalt 2026/27 bei der Justiz. Im kleinsten Bundesland ist die dritte Gewalt nurmehr ein Nice-to-have.
www.senatspressestelle.bremen.de/pressemittei...
www.senatspressestelle.bremen.de/pressemittei...
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Rechtspolitischer Offenbarungseid. Ungeachtet der zum Zerreißen gespannten Personallage kein Investitionsschwerpunkt im Doppelhaushalt 2026/27 bei der Justiz. Im kleinsten Bundesland ist die dritte Gewalt nurmehr ein Nice-to-have.
www.senatspressestelle.bremen.de/pressemittei...
www.senatspressestelle.bremen.de/pressemittei...
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The farmers on Santo Antão have maintained the cobblestone trails for hundreds of years, so they can pack out donkeys loaded with the harvest. This island supplies most of the country’s produce.
March 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The farmers on Santo Antão have maintained the cobblestone trails for hundreds of years, so they can pack out donkeys loaded with the harvest. This island supplies most of the country’s produce.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Guten Morgen.
(Fujiyoshida, Japan/Oktober 2024)
(Fujiyoshida, Japan/Oktober 2024)
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Guten Morgen.
(Fujiyoshida, Japan/Oktober 2024)
(Fujiyoshida, Japan/Oktober 2024)